ReadersDigestAustraliaNewZealand-April2018

he Great Tweet off: April Fools’ Edition It’s such a shame that it’s on only onedayintheyearthatpeople will be sceptical of the ...

One was a hardened young criminal. The other a calm and uncynical prison warden. All they had in common was sport BY BRUCE GRIER ...

INSPIRE and The Guard ...

42 | April• 2018 THE PRISONER AND THE GUARD To Mc Av o y, i t w a s j u s t a not he r jail.Butlandingherewouldprove astrokeoffo ...

April• 2018 | 43 it. Then he began requesting shifts that overlapped with Davis’s. “here’s no one else in prison I can talk to a ...

44 | April• 2018 responded. “It’s something inside me Ididn’tknowIhad,”hetoldDavis. Meanwhile, Davis pondered how he could make ...

April• 2018 | 45 READER’S DIGEST duly recorded at 4.05pm (McAvoy’s record has since been broken, in 2014.)WhileMcAvoylaywetand e ...

Money is the root of all evil Is keeping a couple of bucks in your pocket inherently sinful? According to the Bible, where this ...

WISDOM used to refer to a kind of sausage, a potentially treacherous mixture of mixed meats. In this case the proof is the act o ...

48 | April• 2018 The patient was in a coma –allthedoctorssaidso. The only one who disagreed? The patient BY TOM HALLMAN DRAMA IN ...

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50 | April• 2018 CAN’T ANYONE HEAR ME? ichardMarshawakenedtotherhythmicbeepingof amachine.Somethingwaslodgedinhisthroat.He could ...

April• 2018 | 51 READER’S DIGEST he’d started during his irst career as apoliceoicer. The phone rang – Liliana calling himback.“ ...

52 | April• 2018 CAN’T ANYONE HEAR ME? youcanhearme,blinkyoureyes.” Blink ... Try ... WhenRichardwasacop,hewas trainedtodealwith ...

April• 2018 | 53 READER’S DIGEST his corner?Ablink. First line?Two blinks. his letter?Tw o bl i n k s. Second line?Blink. his le ...

54 | April• 2018 CAN’T ANYONE HEAR ME? Emotionally, Richard no longer goteasilyirritatedorworriedover thelittlethings.Hebecamele ...

April• 2018 | 55 THAT’S ANOTHER GREAT THING ABOUT GETTING OLDER. YOUR LIFE IS WRITTEN ON YOUR FACE. FRANCES MCDORMAND,actress CO ...

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The MARS Frontier BY DAVID LEVELL Savvyscientistsarepreparingfor exploration on Mars using some of Earth’s most barren locations ...

58 | April• 2018 THE MARS FRONTIER cylinder, eight metres in height and width. Food is freeze-dried, dehy- drated or tinned. San ...